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Showing 1 to 20 of 94 for “"Sex workers"”.
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Drafting sex workers' human rights: using decriminalisation to combat gender-based violence faced by sex workers
… against women across the country, including sex workers who are often victim of heinous acts of GBV due to their limited protection under the law and stigmatised role in society. The legal responses to sex work, namely legalisation, criminalisation, or decriminalisation, have become an …
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Stigma Among Sex Workers in Dakar, Senegal
In Dakar, Senegal, the approach to sex work supervision is legalization and regulation. Sex workers can register in Senegal and can participate in sex work legally while in accordance with government policies which include regular testing and health screenings. In a study conducted in Dakar by Dr. …
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Perceptions of Sex Trafficking Legislation By Sex Workers
… Donald Trump signed into law the Stop Enabling Sex Trafficking Act/Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (SESTA/FOSTA) package. This set of bipartisan legislation was billed as a way of combatting sex trafficking by holding websites responsible for any sex work …
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The whores left behind: Black sex workers’ college navigation & loneliness
… constrict, exclude, and disregard Black college sex workers and their identity. Through a Black whorehood theoretical framework, I investigate the discourses about Black girlhood, deviancy, and respectability that are found within Black RSOs which aim to give Black college students a sense of …
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Colonialism and Displays of Third World Dependency Among Thai Sex Workers
… for displays of dependency to exist among sex workers today, this paper tests the same theoretical framework in Thailand, which is the only Southeast Asian country to have retained sovereignty over its kingdom. This paper specifically parses out the three components that Hoang seems to …
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Women sex workers’ embodied experiences of sport, exercise and physical leisure in Aotearoa New Zealand
… that occupy and move in and between spaces of sex work and sport, exercise and physical leisure. Extending the literature that continues to describe women sex workers as victims, this thesis gives voice to women’s everyday lived experiences, capturing the complex and multilayered realities of …
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Flying' Female Sex Workers in Kolkata, India: Using "Cultural Biography" to Understand HIV Risk Perceptions
… have focused significant attention on sex workers' high risk of HIV infection, very little empirical data exists about the ways of life, socio-cultural contexts, sexual practices and risk perceptions of these women, and particularly those in non-brothel based or flying sex work in …
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Promoting psychosocial health and empowerment among female sex workers in Nepal: a pilot peer education intervention
Across contexts, female sex workers (FSWs) may be exposed to varying degrees and combinations of risks in their work, including but not limited to long hours, poor working conditions, disease transmission, unplanned pregnancy, violence, drug and alcohol use and abuse, debt, and various forms of …
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Erotic Enterprises: An Ethnography of Risk and Opportunity for Female Sex Workers in Celtic Tiger Ireland.
This is an ethnographic account of female sexual labour at the height of the Celtic Tiger, when sex like other consumables saw an insatiable increase in demand. Like other industries, the sex industry has relatively privileged and exploitative positions for its workers, and like other service …
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Studies on multiply exposed but persistently HIV-1 seronegative sex workers from KwaZulu/Natal, South Africa
… of highly exposed persistently seronegative sex workers from KwaZulu/Natal, South Africa. A cohort of 17 African highly exposed but persistently seronegative (HEPS) commercial sex workers (CSW) were identified who had been in sex work for more than four years (range between 4-26 years). The …
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Access to Alternative Income Generation Activity among Commercial Sex Workers the Case of Kibondo Town Kigoma Tanzania
… Income Generation Activity among Commercial Sex Workers in Kibondo Town. The study aims at exploring sexual pattern among sex workers, bar maids, Guest House attendants and Hotel attendants, and how sexual behavior influence individual social and economic aspects and the way it contribute to …
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“It’s Complex:” Student Sex Workers Constructing Their Lives in the 21st Century A Modified Qualitative Content Analysis
… in the United States who work in the sex industry while in undergraduate or graduate school are in the unique position of straddling between the two seemingly disparate worlds of academia and the sex industry. This position has the potential to put them at greater risk of isolation due …
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A qualitative study assessing the general health problems of street-based female sex workers in Cape Town
Generally, sex workers are a socially marginalized group with poor physical health. Within the hierarchy of sex workers, street-based sex workers are at the bottom. Street-based sex workers face different kinds of work experiences and exposure, with varying degrees of health problems. Their health …
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Whoretography – The Sex Worker As Image-Maker: A critical analysis of sex workers’ self-representation in online public spaces
… and repulsion with portraits of women sex workers. The sex worker’s role as image-sitter is assumed in the public imagination and remains a steadfast part of contemporary popular culture. However, the ways in which sex workers photograph themselves remain largely unknown. The sex worker …
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A Chronological Study of Discourse on Prostitution Policy, Anti-prostitution Feminist Movements, and Sex Workers' Rights Movements in South Korea
This research examines the history of sex workers' agency and resistance to prostitution policies and anti-prostitution feminist movements in defense of their rights in South Korea based on a transnational feminist approach. I first analyze the violent impacts of government prostitution policies …
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Factors Facilitating and Hindering Safer Sex Negotiations Among Female Sex Workers in Pune, India: Conversations With Women in Sex Work
… the ecological factors influencing FSW safer sex negotiations in this geographical context. Understanding these issues is necessary to make HIV/AIDS prevention programs successful.
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Power and performativity in prison: exploring male sex workers' experiences and performances of gender and sexuality pre/during/post-incarceration
… explores the narratives of men who become male sex workers after being in prison. This study looks at prison as a fluid space for sexual expression and gender performativity, which is ironic given the view of prison as punitive and repressive. Sex within the South African prison system is …
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The digital hand: How digital infrastructures reshape occupational trends, risk, and labor demands among legal commercial sex workers in the U.S.
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2027-05-01
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Depression and HIV risk among female sex workers in Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, South Africa: Results from a respondent-driven sampling study
Sex workers have a higher risk of acquiring and transmitting HIV as a result of social, structural, biomedical and behavioural factors. Many recent studies have highlighted that sex workers and other key populations experience higher levels of depression compared to the general population. Evidence …
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